Dreams Du Jour

Ok, I love this stamp set and I love the new In Colors. I used Night of Navy with the Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze. I only bad thing about this stamp set is that I wish there were more stamps in it. :-)



Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs, Dreams du Jour
Ink: Basic Black, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Night of Navy
Paper: Kiwi Kiss CS, Night of Navy CS, Baja Breeze CS, Whisper White CS
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Scallop Punch, Blender Pen, White Sheer Ribbon from Michael's, Paper Piercing, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sketch Challenge #59

I didn't know if I wanted to post this card because I still haven't decided if I like it yet. It was the card I made for Beate's WSC #59.



Recipe:
Stamp Set: Thoroughly thankful
Ink: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Really Rust CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White CS, Old Olive DSP
Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Masking Tape, Sponges, Embossing Powder, Michael's Halloween Ribbon
Technique: Faux Leather with Masking Tape, Heat Embossing

Special Day Birthday Card

I normally make a card for all of the employees that work in my department at work. So, I asked one of my coworkers what his favorite colors were so that I could make a birthday card for him. He told me that his favorite colors were Silver, Blue and Orange. I was thinking it would be a great way for me to use my Jersey Shore Designer Series Paper. Here is the card I created for his birthday.



Recipe:
Stamp Sets: Background Sampler (Retired), Lots of Thoughts (Retired)
Paper: Pumpkin Pie CS, Bashful Blue CS, Whisper White CS, Jersey Shore DSP (retired)
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue
Accessories: Silver Brads, Photo Corner Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Small oval Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon, Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #58

I finished my card for the sketch challenge on Saturday night and I kept thinking I have till Monday morning to get it posted. I am such a procrastinator. Then I was on the phone trying to get information about getting a passport and then I had to order birth certificates and so forth. Then before I knew it, it was 11:00am. I know the winner has already been picked but I am still making the post anyways. So, here is the sketch for the week.



And here is the cute Halloween card I made for the sketch.



Recipe:
Stamp Set(s): Home is Where the Haunt Is (Retired), Haunting Halloween
Paper: Perfect Plum CardStock, Pumpkin Pie CardStock, More Mustard CardStock, Basic Black CardStock, Whisper White CardStock, More Mustard DSP (Retired)
Ink: Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad, Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1¼ Circle Punch, Corner Rounder Punch (to make the scallops because I don't have the Scalloped Edge Punch yet), Halloween Ribbon from Michael's

My Sunflower Card

I had found a template online someone's blog (Can't remember who now) that was to make a flower card. And I made a flower card for my Mom for Mother's day and she loved it. But I decided to do a little spin on the card for a friend of mine. Her favorite flower is the Sunflower. This card took a long time for me because I don't have the nestabilities yet :-( If you have the nestabilities then it would be much easier. I still think it turned out great (but maybe because I worked so hard on it).

Cards I gave to my Mom

I made some 3" x 3" cards to give to my mom so that she could give them to people and wouldn't have to buy cards. I never knew that making little square cards would be so much fun. I used the Very Punny stamp set to make the cards. I might have to make some for myself now. Here are my favorites of all the ones I made.

It's been a long time since I posted a card.

I have been making cards and taking pictures of them. But everytime I try to upload the image of the card to make a posting I am having problems. I am far from a computer expert. So, I am going to break down and finally ask someone for help. I don't know if it is a program that I downloaded or what. But the window won't open when I try to upload the image. I should have some cards posted by this weekend.

Misused English Words

So, I stumbled across this quiz online. I was curious how well I could do, so I took a stab at it. Here are my results:

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test ...

English Genius
You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 87% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!


The weird thing is that I only missed one of the expert questions, and it scored me at 87%. I should have received 92% if I only missed one. Oh well.

I challenge everyone to also take the quiz and post your results. Here is the link

Toronto Zoo

The Zoo in Toronto puts all the other zoos that I have been to, to shame. The only bad thing was, that they were having very high temperatures that day and I was starting to get sunburnt there. So, I wasn't able to go see all the stuff that I wanted to see. :-( Anyways, here's the slideshow of the zoo pictures that we took that you could see.

Niagara Falls Trip

We just recently got back from our Trip to Toronto, Ontario. We had loads of fun there. One of the first things we did was to go down to Niagara Falls. It was so awesome!! We even went on the Maid of the Mist. Here is a slide show from Niagara. Just click on View All Images.

WSC #52

Here is my card for the weekend sketch challenge. I hadn't used my Frolicking Frogs stamp set in a while, and it just seemed to fit this time of year.

Recipe:

Stamp Set: Frolicking Frogs

Paper: Bashful Blue CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Whisper White CS, Cutie Pie DSP, River Rock DSP

Ink: Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi, Jet Black Stazon, River Rock, Creamy Caramel

Write Marker: Garden Green, Cameo Coral

Accessories: Sponging, Wild Wasabi Striped Ribbon, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Everything!

There sure have been alot of birthdays lately. Here is the card that I made for one of my co-workers because today is her birthday. I can't wait to get to work and have some cake (even though I really shouldn't be eating any). I wanted to use my Berry Bliss DSP because I hadn't used it in a while. So, as I was searching for a stamp that could be used for a birthday card, I stumbled across good ole' Greetings Galore. And I was thinking the Happy Everything stamp could work with the flowers on the Berry Bliss DSP.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Greetings Galore
Paper: Purely Pomegranate CS, Close to Cocoa CS, Whisper White CS, Berry Bliss DSP
Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Purely Pomegranate
Write Markers: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Blender Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Eat Cake

Well, my hubby's birthday is coming up soon and so I needed to make a birthday card for him. His favorite colors are Black, Silver and Turquoise. So, I put together this card with his favorite colors. I didn't have an silver paper, so I used the Charbon DSP because the Basic Grey was as close to silver as I had.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Eat Cake
Paper: Whisper White CS, Basic Black CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Charbon DSP
Ink: Versamark, Whisper White Craft
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Brads, Silver Embossing Powder, Heating Tool, Stampin' Pastels, White Sheer Ribbon (Michael's), Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Piercer

So, Father's Day is coming up pretty soon. And I couldn't wait to try out this card. I saw this type of card on Cambria Turnbow's blog last year and I thought it was super cute so I wanted to make it this year for Father's Day.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Riveting, In the Loop Alphabet

Paper: Bashful Blue CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Basic Black CS, Bashful Blue DSP (From the Print Pack), Charbon DSP

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: 1¼" Circle punch, 1½" Circle punch, Cuttlebug, Divine Swirls Embossing Folder, Light Blue Gingham Ribbon, Bashful Blue Stripped Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Beate's WSC #50

Man, it has been a while since I have posted anything to my blog. I had been out of town and then my work schedule changed so I haven't really had any time until this weekend. It is so weird to have the weekend off. Anyways, this is the card I am going to give to one of my coworkers who is having a baby girl next month. I really love the pinks and browns together, especially for a baby girl card.

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Greetings Galore
Paper: Regal Rose CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Pretty in Pink CS, Very Vanilla CS, Close to Cocoa DSP
Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Divine Swirls Embossing Folder, Blush Blossom and Pretty in Pink Write Markers